Regimental number | 3067 |
Place of birth | Ensay Victoria |
School | State School, Victoria |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Labourer |
Address | Coon Nure via Bairnsdale, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 23 |
Next of kin | Father, Ralph Cox, Pearson Street, Bairnsdale, Victoria |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 23rd Battalion, 7th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/40/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A73 Commonwealth on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Company Sergeant Major |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 23rd Battalion |
Recommendations (Medals and Awards) |
Mention in Despatches Awarded, and gazetted, 'London Gazette', second Supplement, No. 30448 (28 December 1917); 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 57 (18 April 1918). |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Ploegsteert, Belgium |
Age at death | 27.7 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 27 |
Place of burial | Berks Cemetery Extension (Rosenberg Plateau Plots) (Plot II, Row A, Grave No. 9), Ploegsteert, Belgium |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 98 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Ralph and Charlotte COX, Pearson Street, Bairnsdale, Victoria |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |